Michiel van der Borch, Spies return with grapes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1332
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost / Thanksgiving
Click to go directly to the home page of the Christ Church Cathedral Music Programme.
John Blow (1649-1708)
The canticles and both voluntaries for evensong on Sunday, October 12, will be the work of John Blow. October 1, 2008, was the three-hundredth anniversary of his death.
John Blow was master of music at Westminster Abbey, the teacher of Henry Purcell and a significant composer in his own right.Click to read about John Blow in Wikipedia and listen to two versions of his Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell as well as other compositions.
Continuing the Christ Church Cathedral Music Programme celebration of the Messiaen centenary:
John Blow was master of music at Westminster Abbey, the teacher of Henry Purcell and a significant composer in his own right.Click to read about John Blow in Wikipedia and listen to two versions of his Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell as well as other compositions.
Continuing the Christ Church Cathedral Music Programme celebration of the Messiaen centenary:
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Olivier Messiaen, Des Canyons aux étoiles, was commissioned by Alice Tully to celebrate the bicentenary of the American Declaration of Independence (1776). It was first performed in 1974 at Lincoln Center, New York, by the Musica Aeterna Orchestra, Frederic Waldmann directing.
As part of Automne Messiaen 2008, it will be perfomed by the Ensemble de la SMCQ at the Centre Pierre-Péladeau on Wednesday, October 8, at 8:00 pm ($25/12.50/10).
Click to to read about Des Canyons aux étoiles in Wikipedia and go to a performance by Marja Bon, piano; Hans Dullaert, horn; Ger de Zeeuw, xylorimba; Wim Vos, glockenspiel; Asko Ensemble; Schonberg Ensemble; Slagwerkgroep Den Haag; Reinbert de Leeuw conducting.
Click for the full programme of the Canadian International Organ Competition which begins in Montreal on Wednesday, October 8.The second round of competition, with 10 contestants remaining, stressing the works of Olvier Messiaen, takes place at l'Église St-Jean-Baptiste, rue Rachel and rue Drolet, on Monday, October 13, and Tuesday, October 14, at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Free Admission / $5 suggested donation.
Release of a new Atma Classique disc will be celebrated with a performance at the Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, 100, rue Sherbrooke Est, on Tuesday, October 14, at 8:00 pm. (free admission; laissez-passer required) Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Laura Andriani, violin; Robert Kortgaard, piano. Olivier Messiaen, Vocalise, Trois mélodies, Thème et Variations, Chants de terre et de ciel.
Click to read about and listen to Chants de terre et de ciel and Vocalise performed by Dana Nigrim, piano, and Julieanne Klein, soprano.
Illustrator of Petrus Comestor's 'Bible Historiale,' The Leper Returns, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1372Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening and Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 17, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich / Who gives thanks praises me, performed by Soprano: Malin Hartelius; Counter tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner directing; live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Abbaye d’Ambronay.